Distributed Shell Neurons and Muscles for Structural Controls

摘要

Artificial distributed sensors and actuators integrated with an elastic continuumprovide a life-like sensation and action/reaction capability for the elastic continuum. In this paper, artificial distributed piezoelectric neurons and muscles are integrated with an elastic thin shell and new distributed neural sensation and actuation theories are derived. System dynamic equations of the shell with integrated piezoelectric muscles are derived and their control applications discussed. The derived theories can be directly simplified to a number of distributed systems, e.g., spherical shells, cylindrical shells, conical shells, zero-curvature shells, non-shell type continua, etc.